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	<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Hugin Assistant tab</h1>
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		<div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div class="mw-parser-output"><p>The <a href="Hugin.html" title="Hugin">Hugin</a> assistant automates nearly everything needed to create
a panorama; just follow the three steps described below the partial screen capture of the top half of the screen:
</p><p><img alt="Hugin2013 assistant tab tophalf.png" src="Hugin2013_assistant_tab_tophalf.png" decoding="async" width="820" height="123" />
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<h1><a name="1._Load_images..."><span class="mw-headline">1. Load images...</span></a></h1>
<p>Click on the <b>Load images...</b> button to select the photos you want to use in your panorama.
</p><p>This tries to identify the field of view<a class="external" href="https://wiki.panotools.org/Field_of_view">[*]</a> of your photos by looking at (EXIF) information stored by
the camera itself. If this fails, you need to enter the <b>field of view</b> manually, or let <a href="Hugin.html" title="Hugin">Hugin</a> calculate it from the <a href="Focal_Length.html" title="Focal Length">Focal Length</a> and <a href="Crop_factor.html" title="Crop factor">Focal length multiplier</a>.
</p><p>Also select a <a href="Hugin_Photos_tab.html#Lens_type" title="Hugin Photos tab">matching <i>Lens type</i></a> from the drop-down list. If you are unsure, try the default <b>Normal (rectilinear)</b>.
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<h1><a name="2._Align..."><span class="mw-headline">2. Align...</span></a></h1>
<p>Clicking on <b>Align...</b> will use an automatic tool (the one set as <i>Default</i> in the <a href="Hugin_Preferences.html#Control_Point_Detectors" title="Hugin Preferences">Control Point Detectors tab</a> of the Preferences) to match images, then use the internal <a href="Hugin.html" title="Hugin">Hugin</a> optimiser to align them, correct exposure and white balance.  
</p><p>A preview of the result will be displayed in the bottom half of this screen. If this preview looks good, proceed with the third step (the <b>Create panorama...</b> button), otherwise you will need to make some changes to the images and optimisations of the project in the other tabs.
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<h1><a name="3._Create_panorama..."><span class="mw-headline">3. Create panorama...</span></a></h1>
<p>Finally, use <b>Create panorama...</b> to stitch the panorama to an image file with standard
quality settings.
If you click the <b>Create panorama</b> button the new stitch popup sub-screen will be displayed. This will give you an easy to understand overview of the options.
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<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a class="external" href="https://wiki.panotools.org/File:SimpleGui_stitch_popup.png"><img alt="" src="300px-SimpleGui_stitch_popup.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="220" class="thumbimage" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"></div>Screenshot of the Create Panorama popup; click for larger versions</div></div></div>
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</p><p>Note that in <b>Simple</b> User interface mode only the top option <i>Exposure corrected, low dynamic range</i> is enabled.
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<h1><a name="Settings"><span class="mw-headline">Settings</span></a></h1>
<p>A tab in the <i>Preferences</i> dialog (available from the menu) allows you to customise some <a href="Hugin_Preferences.html#Assistant" title="Hugin Preferences">settings</a> of the assistant. 
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<h1><a name="Overview_and_Preview"><span class="mw-headline">Overview and Preview</span></a></h1>
<p>Both the Overview and the Preview canvas will be displayed on all tabs of the Simple Interface, being this <i>Hugin Assistant tab</i>, the <a href="Hugin_Preview_tab.html" title="Hugin Preview tab">Hugin Preview tab</a>, 
the <a href="Hugin_Main_window.html#Layout" title="Hugin Main window">Hugin Layout tab</a>, the <a href="Hugin_Projection_tab.html" title="Hugin Projection tab">Hugin Projection tab</a>, the <a href="Hugin_move_drag_tab.html" title="Hugin move drag tab">Hugin move drag tab</a> and the <a href="Hugin_Crop_tab.html" title="Hugin Crop tab">Hugin Crop tab</a>.
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<h2><a name="Overview"><span class="mw-headline">Overview</span></a></h2>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a class="external" href="https://wiki.panotools.org/File:Hugin2013_overview.png"><img alt="" src="200px-Hugin2013_overview.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="297" class="thumbimage" /></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"></div>Screenshot of Overview in Panosphere mode</div></div></div>
<p>The <b>Overview</b> represents an interactive preview of the panorama.
</p><p><b>Note:</b> Slightly above the image of the sphere you see a dropdown currently mentioning <i>mode: Panosphere</i> (which is the default mode). This dropdown menu is only available in <b>Expert</b> mode. In <b>Expert</b> mode you can choose between the default <i>Panosphere</i> and the <i>Mosaic plane</i> mode.
</p><p>To show or hide the docked Overview window, check or uncheck the "Overview" checkbox option from the "View" menu. Zoom it by dragging the handle located at the center of the border to the preview canvas.
</p><p>To hide or show the grid in both the overview and the preview canvas, check or uncheck the "Grid" checkbox option from the "View" menu.
</p><p>Clicking the small pin icon in the header of the docked Overview area (or dragging the Overview title bar) will switch to a floating window instead. To put that floating window back in a docked position, just drag it in either the top, bottom, left or right boundary of the preview's actual image area.
</p><p>The default mode is a Panosphere to display typical panoramas and can be used to e.g. easily check for errors in the nadir or zenith regions.
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<h2><a name="Preview"><span class="mw-headline">Preview</span></a></h2>
<p>The preview canvas displays a representation of the final stitched output panorama. Use the scroll bars to change the horizontal and vertical Field of View.
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